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TSP On This Day

It seems like every couple of months there's a media spotlight on book reviewing. Usually, the ones I see are within the science fiction community. However, the latest focus seems to from the world of mainstream literature. The Valve points to a semi-confessional Newsweek article "In Literature, Size Matters", in which Malcolm Jones says he only read 100 of the Continue Reading →

Deadline is reporting that Netflix and Skydance Television will be producing a series based on Richard K. Morgan's futuristic cyberpunk detective novel Altered Carbon. The novel (released in 2002 and reviewed here) won the Philip K. Dick Award. It features technology that allows the human mind to be downloaded, saved and uploaded into new bodies called "Sleeves". Ex-U.N. Continue Reading →

In light (or darkness) of the recent theatrical release of the dystopian Children of Men, Entertainment Weekly #917 lists... The Top 20 Dystopian Movies A Clockwork Orange (1971; set in near future)Brazil (1985; set in 20th century)The Road Warrior (1982; postapocalypse)Escape From New York (1981; set in 1997)Logan's Run (1976; set in 23rd century)12 Monkeys (1995; set in 2035)Metropolis (1927; Continue Reading →